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Constituency

1. Mekliganj

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1977

WB-MEKLIGANJ

FBL 45.3%won by 18.5%INC 26.8%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to FBL (FBL), which now leads by 18.5%.

Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.

  • FBL vote shareFBL went from 40.8% to 45.3% of the vote here (+4.5%).
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 72.1% between them, down from 98.5% — the field split more ways.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
47,101
Margin
8,717
18.51%

Since 1972

Derived

Constituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.

Winner then
INC
Winner now
FBLflipped
FBLINC swing
+35.5%
FBL share
40.8% 45.3%
INC share
57.7% 26.8%
Turnout